I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raised more money in Michigan between April and June than did President Barack Obama.
In fact, according to a report from the Lansing State Journal, Romney bested Obama $884,124 to $393,428. Romney is the presumptive front runner for the GOP nomination for president.
While the son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney raised more cash in Michigan, Obama still raised more money that all the Republican candidates for president combined. He raised $46 million in the quarter.
Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics, says that Obama has an “edge” in Michigan in 2012. He noted that no Republican candidate has carried Michigan since 1988. But he did put caution in his prediction noting that the outcome would rely in part on the GOP nominee.
Also of interest is the number of small dollar amount donors feeding the political machines. Of the money Obama raised, 47 percent came from donors giving $200 or less. The GOP field breaks out as follows:
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann raised the largest share of her second-quarter funds – nearly two-thirds – from small-dollar contributions, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. Texas Rep. Ron Paul, GOP businessman Herman Cain and former Rep. Newt Gingrich also are fueling their campaigns largely with small-dollar donations. Romney, by contrast, got just 6 percent of his second-quarter funds in small chunks.
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